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**Less than four months after winning the [[2024 Ipswich West state by-election]], [[Darren Zanow]] announces he won't be recontesting his seat at the [[2024 Queensland state election]] due to being diagnosed with an incurable brain disease.<ref>{{cite news|last=Theocharous|first=Mikala|date=12 July 2024|title=Queensland MP Darren Zanow diagnosed with 'devastating' incurable brain disease|url=https://www.9news.com.au/national/queensland-mp-darren-zanow-diagnosed-microvascular-ischemic-disease-resignation/43187a70-37da-4c7f-b074-6795b8e1f60f|work=Nine News|access-date=12 July 2024}}</ref>
**[[John Setka]] resigns as secretary of the Victorian branch of the [[Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union|CFMEU]], citing pressure from "relentless" media coverage.<ref>{{cite news|author=|date=12 July 2024|title=John Setka quits job as Victorian CFMEU secretary|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-07-12/vic-cfmeu-secretary-john-setka-steps-down/104093024|work=ABC News|access-date=12 July 2024}}</ref> Setka's resignation came just before [[Nine_Entertainment#Nine_Publishing|Nine newspapers]] published serious allegations of corruption within the CFMEU.<ref>{{cite news|last=McKenzie|first=Nick|last2=Marin-Guzman|first2=David|last3=Schneiders|first3=Ben|date=13 July 2024|title=Building bad: How bikies, underworld have become a construction industry ‘cancer’|url=https://www.theage.com.au/national/building-bad-how-bikies-underworld-have-become-a-construction-industry-cancer-20240703-p5jqr0.html|work=The Age|access-date=14 July 2024}}</ref> Federal workplace relations minister [[Tony Burke]] indicates he sought advice on how to respond to the allegations.<ref>{{cite news|author=|date=14 July 2024|title=Federal workplace minister Tony Burke says he won't rule out deregistering the CFMEU's construction division|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-07-14/workplace-minister-tony-burke-cfmeu-allegations/104096380|work=ABC News|access-date=14 July 2024}}</ref>
*13 July – Russia accuses Australia of inciting "[[Anti-Russian sentiment|anti-Russian paranoia]]" after Australia charged a Russian-born Australian couple with [[espionage]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 13, 2024 |title=Australia PM tells Russia to 'back off' after claims over espionage arrests |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/moscow-condemns-australia-paranoia-espionage-arrests-russia-born-couple-2024-07-13/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
*14 July – Australian prime minister [[Anthony Albanese]], federal opposition leader [[Peter Dutton]], ambassador to the United States [[Kevin Rudd]], and former prime ministers [[Scott Morrison]] and [[Tony Abbott]] are among current and former Australian leaders who condemn the [[Attempted assassination of Donald Trump|attempted assassination]] former president [[Donald Trump]] at a campaign rally in [[Pennsylvania]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Butler|first=Josh|date=14 July 2024|title=Australian PM says ‘no place for violence in democratic process’ after Trump assassination attempt|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/14/australian-pm-says-no-place-for-violence-in-democractic-process-after-trump-assasination-attempt|work=The Guardian|access-date=14 July 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Giannini|first=Dominic|date=14 July 2024|title=PM calls for unity and calm in Trump shooting aftermath|url=https://www.aap.com.au/news/no-place-for-violence-pm-responds-to-trump-shooting/|work=Australian Associated Press|access-date=14 July 2024}}</ref>
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